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Ruby Ruby Operators and Control Structures Ruby Control Structures The Ruby Elsif Statement

Posted by Nick Yates
Nick Yates
8,621 Points

my program won't run

print "Enter name: " name = gets.chomp

if name == "Nick" puts "That's my name, too!" else puts "Hi #{name}!" end

print "Modify your name. Type 'uppercase' or 'reverse': " answer = gets.chomp.downcase

if answer == "reverse" puts "This is your name backwards:" puts name.reverse else if answer == "uppercase" puts "This is your name in all uppercase letters:" puts name.upcase else if answer == "both" puts name.reverse.upcase else puts "Okay, Maybe Later." end

I keep getting this error every time I try to run and compile it.

control_structures.rb:23: syntax error, unexpected end-of-input, expecting keyword_end

2 Answers

Marco van Vemden
Marco van Vemden
12,553 Points
Marco van Vemden
Marco van Vemden
12,553 Points

Hi Nick, In Ruby, the syntax for "else if" is "elsif".

print "Enter name: " 
name = gets.chomp

if name == "Nick" 
  puts "That's my name, too!" 
else 
  puts "Hi #{name}!" 
end

print "Modify your name. Type 'uppercase' or 'reverse': " 
answer = gets.chomp.downcase

if answer == "reverse" 
  puts "This is your name backwards:" 
  puts name.reverse 
elsif answer == "uppercase" 
  puts "This is your name in all uppercase letters:" 
  puts name.upcase 
elsif answer == "both" 
  puts name.reverse.upcase 
else 
  puts "Okay, Maybe Later." 
end
Nick Yates
Nick Yates
8,621 Points

I tried that and it never runs properly.

Marco van Vemden
Marco van Vemden
12,553 Points
Marco van Vemden
Marco van Vemden
12,553 Points

What do you mean by "it never runs properly"? Copy and past the code in your Ruby workspace, and run it. Just tested it again myself and all is working fine.